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    12th November, 2026

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Eutelsat has won the Satellite Solutions Provider of the Year award at the 2026 ASBU BroadcastPro ME Awards, held in Dubai on 5 November. The award recognizes Eutelsat’s longstanding position in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) broadcast market and its continued development of innovative satellite broadcasting services. Now in their 16th... read more

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Zain Group has released its consolidated financial results for the third quarter and nine-month periods ended 30 September 2026, reporting a 17-year high in consolidated revenue. The Group now serves 53 million active customers, a 3% year-on-year increase. For 9M 2026, consolidated revenue rose 4% year on year to KD 1.8 billion (USD 5.71 billion),... read more

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Cisco has announced it is adding Claude Mythos to AI Defense for red teaming AI applications and agents, empowering defenders to stress-test AI systems with frontier adversary reasoning. Coupled with new Splunk Agent Observability and Cisco IQ advancements, Cisco is preparing enterprises for a new era of trust that requires securing, observing,... read more

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etisalat has announced a strategic agreement with ARABSAT to secure a full new Direct-to-Home (DTH) bouquet on the BADR-8 satellite, uplinked from the etisalat TAS Earth Station, a high-capacity satellite communication ground hub located in Sharjah. Strategically positioned at 26.0° East, BADR-8 will enable the bouquet to reach a broad and... read more

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MTN Group has delivered a strong performance in the first nine months of 2026, with service revenue and earnings growth accelerating through the third quarter, margins expanding, and cash generation remaining robust. In constant-currency terms, Group service revenue increased by 17.2% to R176.2 billion in the period to 30 September 2026, with... read more

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Huawei has officially launched Signals of Change, a new documentary series that, for the first time, charts the company’s major technological innovations in wireless communications over more than three decades. Produced by Huawei in collaboration with CNN International’s brand studio Create, the series will be broadcast worldwide. Huawei’s... read more

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AT&T has integrated Google Home Premium capabilities, powered by Gemini for Home, into its Connected Life home security service, introducing AI-powered features designed to improve home monitoring and simplify security management. The integration makes AT&T Connected Life the first home security product built on the intelligence of the Google Home... read more

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Eutelsat has announced that its OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) network will provide connectivity as part of SES’s multi-orbit inflight service selected by Finnish airline Finnair. Under the agreement, 18 Embraer E2 aircraft will be equipped with inflight connectivity using Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO network. OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency... read more

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SAMENA Council Messaging

 

Leaders' Summit 2024 (Highlights)
Evolving toward Integration, Intelligence & Sustainability in Infrastructure
ITU GSR-24 Interview: Bocar A. Ba, CEO, SAMENA Telecommunications Council
How can digital technologies rescue the SDGs? - Reflection by Commissioner Mr. Bocar Ba
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